The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 7, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
4:10 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 36.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 0.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.63° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.81° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.